.NET Core Job Trends in England

.NET Core
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring .NET Core skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 231 312 159
Rank change year-on-year +81 -153 -2
Permanent jobs citing .NET Core 761 392 1,541
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.87% 0.90% 1.74%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 8.30% 4.91% 9.10%
Number of salaries quoted 735 332 1,389
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +13.04% -8.73%
75th Percentile £71,250 £83,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,750 £105,000 £92,650
UK median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -15.38% +13.04% -4.17%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
England

.NET Core falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 9,165 7,978 16,940
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 10.46% 18.41% 19.18%
Number of salaries quoted 7,025 5,404 13,470
10th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +12.50% -11.11%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £102,625
UK median annual salary £65,000 £67,037 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.04% +11.73% -10.45%

.NET Core
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing .NET Core relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

.NET Core job vacancy trend in England

.NET Core
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing .NET Core.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing .NET Core

.NET Core
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing .NET Core in England over the 6 months to 16 July 2026.

Salary histogram for .NET Core in England

.NET Core
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing .NET Core within the England region over the 6 months to 16 July 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +111 195 £55,000 +10.00% 30
North of England +33 166 £55,000 -8.33% 22
East of England +74 113 £62,500 +13.64% 11
Midlands +43 106 £55,000 -8.33% 11
London -98 91 £82,500 +3.13% 32
South West +4 86 £52,500 - 9
North West +4 69 £50,000 -16.67% 9
North East +1 66 £65,000 +33.33% 10
West Midlands +4 61 £55,000 -8.33% 5
East Midlands -2 45 £55,000 +4.76% 6
Yorkshire -26 31 £55,000 -8.33% 4
.NET Core
UK

.NET Core
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 21 (2.76%) SharePoint
2 10 (1.31%) IIS
3 7 (0.92%) CMS
4 5 (0.66%) Confluence
5 4 (0.53%) Sitecore CMS
5 4 (0.53%) Umbraco
6 3 (0.39%) DNN
6 3 (0.39%) EPiServer
6 3 (0.39%) Immediacy CMS
6 3 (0.39%) Kentico
6 3 (0.39%) Sitefinity
7 1 (0.13%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 2 (0.26%) Chatbot
1 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.26%) Magento
1 2 (0.26%) Payment Gateway
1 2 (0.26%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 610 (80.16%) Azure
2 194 (25.49%) Azure DevOps
3 143 (18.79%) GitHub
4 132 (17.35%) Azure AI
4 132 (17.35%) GitHub Copilot
5 126 (16.56%) AWS
6 64 (8.41%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 52 (6.83%) Azure Logic Apps
8 42 (5.52%) Power Platform
9 39 (5.12%) SaaS
10 30 (3.94%) Serverless
11 27 (3.55%) Power Automate
11 27 (3.55%) PowerApps
12 26 (3.42%) Azure Monitor
13 23 (3.02%) Azure Service Bus
14 22 (2.89%) Azure Data Factory
15 21 (2.76%) Azure Functions
16 19 (2.50%) Adobe Creative Cloud
16 19 (2.50%) Microsoft 365
16 19 (2.50%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 46 (6.04%) Internet
2 7 (0.92%) Hyperconnected
3 3 (0.39%) HTTPS
4 2 (0.26%) Firewall
5 1 (0.13%) AMQP
5 1 (0.13%) HTTP
5 1 (0.13%) Modbus
5 1 (0.13%) Network Security
5 1 (0.13%) SSL
5 1 (0.13%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 447 (58.74%) Azure SQL Database
2 371 (48.75%) MongoDB
3 147 (19.32%) Elasticsearch
4 138 (18.13%) SQL Server
5 36 (4.73%) Power BI
6 12 (1.58%) MySQL
6 12 (1.58%) NoSQL
7 11 (1.45%) NonStop SQL
8 8 (1.05%) Redis
9 7 (0.92%) PostgreSQL
9 7 (0.92%) Relational Database
10 6 (0.79%) Amazon RDS
11 5 (0.66%) Geospatial Data
11 5 (0.66%) GIS
12 4 (0.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 3 (0.39%) MariaDB
14 1 (0.13%) Crystal Reports
14 1 (0.13%) Data Lake
14 1 (0.13%) Data Warehouse
14 1 (0.13%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 39 (5.12%) Git
2 13 (1.71%) JIRA
3 7 (0.92%) GitLab
4 5 (0.66%) MSI
4 5 (0.66%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 3 (0.39%) Claude Code
5 3 (0.39%) NUnit
5 3 (0.39%) Vite
6 2 (0.26%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.26%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.26%) Postman
6 2 (0.26%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.26%) webpack
7 1 (0.13%) MSTest
7 1 (0.13%) Selenium
7 1 (0.13%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 113 (14.85%) Finance
2 56 (7.36%) Advertising
3 54 (7.10%) Social Skills
4 46 (6.04%) Games
5 40 (5.26%) Marketing
6 32 (4.20%) Retail
7 19 (2.50%) Banking
8 14 (1.84%) Aerospace
9 12 (1.58%) Analytical Skills
10 11 (1.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 11 (1.45%) Music Industry
11 9 (1.18%) Automotive
11 9 (1.18%) Law
12 8 (1.05%) Front Office
13 7 (0.92%) Legal
14 6 (0.79%) Public Sector
15 5 (0.66%) Manufacturing
16 4 (0.53%) Back Office
16 4 (0.53%) Electronics
16 4 (0.53%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 646 (84.89%) Developer
2 520 (68.33%) .NET Developer
3 101 (13.27%) Senior
4 84 (11.04%) Software Developer
5 62 (8.15%) Senior Developer
6 58 (7.62%) C# Developer
7 49 (6.44%) C# .NET Developer
8 45 (5.91%) Lead
9 42 (5.52%) Software Engineer
10 37 (4.86%) Full-Stack Developer
11 30 (3.94%) Lead Developer
12 23 (3.02%) .NET Software Engineer
13 22 (2.89%) .NET Software Developer
13 22 (2.89%) Senior Software Developer
14 20 (2.63%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
15 19 (2.50%) Full-Stack Engineer
16 18 (2.37%) Senior .NET Developer
17 16 (2.10%) C# Software Developer
17 16 (2.10%) C# Software Engineer
17 16 (2.10%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 761 (100.00%) .NET
2 494 (64.91%) ASP.NET
3 440 (57.82%) ASP.NET Core
4 213 (27.99%) HTML
5 210 (27.60%) CSS
6 206 (27.07%) Entity Framework
7 200 (26.28%) Blazor
8 192 (25.23%) React
9 175 (23.00%) RESTful
9 175 (23.00%) Vue
10 174 (22.86%) AngularJS
11 171 (22.47%) ASP.NET Web API
12 156 (20.50%) Node.js
13 132 (17.35%) ML.NET
14 128 (16.82%) .NET Framework
15 108 (14.19%) LINQ
16 59 (7.75%) REST
17 43 (5.65%) JSON
18 33 (4.34%) WPF
19 21 (2.76%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 87 (11.43%) Greenfield Project
2 54 (7.10%) Enterprise Software
3 20 (2.63%) Digital TV
4 17 (2.23%) Cloud Native
4 17 (2.23%) iPhone
4 17 (2.23%) Mobile App
5 14 (1.84%) Distributed Systems
6 13 (1.71%) Hedge funds
6 13 (1.71%) Product Ownership
7 12 (1.58%) Legacy Systems
7 12 (1.58%) Social Network
7 12 (1.58%) Sports Betting
8 11 (1.45%) BBC
8 11 (1.45%) Social Media
9 8 (1.05%) Low-Code
9 8 (1.05%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 7 (0.92%) Algorithms
10 7 (0.92%) Client/Server
11 6 (0.79%) Self-Motivation
12 5 (0.66%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 17 (2.23%) Android
2 15 (1.97%) Windows
3 12 (1.58%) VMS
4 3 (0.39%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 512 (67.28%) Full-Stack Development
2 394 (51.77%) Agile
3 243 (31.93%) CI/CD
4 227 (29.83%) DevOps
5 197 (25.89%) Microservices
6 156 (20.50%) AI
7 152 (19.97%) Machine Learning
8 143 (18.79%) Multithreading
9 92 (12.09%) Software Engineering
10 86 (11.30%) Scrum
11 81 (10.64%) TDD
12 79 (10.38%) OO
13 68 (8.94%) BDD
14 58 (7.62%) Don't repeat yourself (DRY)
15 57 (7.49%) Kanban
16 56 (7.36%) SDLC
17 53 (6.96%) User Experience
18 51 (6.70%) Analytics
19 49 (6.44%) Business Intelligence
20 45 (5.91%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 725 (95.27%) C#
2 529 (69.51%) SQL
3 237 (31.14%) JavaScript
4 213 (27.99%) TypeScript
5 37 (4.86%) PowerShell
6 21 (2.76%) Python
7 12 (1.58%) T-SQL
8 11 (1.45%) Kusto Query Language
9 5 (0.66%) Bicep
9 5 (0.66%) Java
10 4 (0.53%) Kotlin
11 3 (0.39%) Bash
11 3 (0.39%) PHP
11 3 (0.39%) VB.NET
12 1 (0.13%) C++
12 1 (0.13%) Delphi
12 1 (0.13%) F#
12 1 (0.13%) Pascal
Qualifications
1 44 (5.78%) Degree
2 22 (2.89%) Computer Science Degree
3 9 (1.18%) Security Cleared
4 6 (0.79%) SC Cleared
5 4 (0.53%) AWS Certification
6 2 (0.26%) Azure Certification
6 2 (0.26%) DBS Check
6 2 (0.26%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.13%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (3.02%) QA
2 20 (2.63%) Accessibility
3 6 (0.79%) WCAG
4 5 (0.66%) NCSC
5 3 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.26%) GDPR
6 2 (0.26%) ITGC
6 2 (0.26%) SLA
7 1 (0.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 188 (24.70%) Docker
Systems Management
1 176 (23.13%) Kubernetes
2 15 (1.97%) Terraform
3 2 (0.26%) Ansible
Vendors
1 508 (66.75%) Microsoft
2 52 (6.83%) Facebook
3 41 (5.39%) Google
4 21 (2.76%) YouTube
5 19 (2.50%) Adobe
6 11 (1.45%) Apple
6 11 (1.45%) Sony
6 11 (1.45%) Yahoo!
7 6 (0.79%) OpenAI
8 4 (0.53%) Sitecore
8 4 (0.53%) Workday
9 3 (0.39%) Alterian
9 3 (0.39%) CrowdStrike
9 3 (0.39%) Optimizely
9 3 (0.39%) Splunk
10 2 (0.26%) Oracle
10 2 (0.26%) Salesforce
11 1 (0.13%) Bloomberg
11 1 (0.13%) IBM
11 1 (0.13%) Reuters